26 European Union countries and their programme for the cultural season!
(Re)discover the European countries in facts and figures... from the viewpoint of culture and cultural policies ! You will learn about the main events connected with the various countries during the European cultural season. And of course there will be a series of useful contacts.
Area: 356 959 km² - Population: 82, 4 million - Capital: Berlin
Official Language: German - Date of joining the EU: a founding member in 1957
Area: 83 859 km² - Population: 8,3 million - Capital: Vienna
Official language: German - Date of joining the EU: 1995
Area: 30 528 km² - Population: 10.51 millions - Capital: Brussels
Official Languages: Dutch, French, German - Date of joining the EU: a founding member in 1957
Area: 110 911 km² - Population: 7.4 million - Capital: Sofia
Official language: Bulgarian – Date of joining the EU: 2007
Area: 9 251 km² - Population: 1 million (including the “occupied” part in the north of the island) - Capital: Nicosia
Official languages: Greek, Turkish - Date of joining the EU: 2004
Area: 43 098 km² - There are two associated autonomous territories, the Feroe Islands (1 400 km2 and 48 000 inhabitants) and Greenland (2,175 millions m2 and 56 000 inhabitants) - Population: 5.4 millions - Capital: Copenhagen
Official language: Danish - Date of joining the EU: 1973
Area: 504 782 km² - Population: 44 million - Capital: Madrid - Official language: Spanish (the other Spanish languages are also official in their respective autonomous communities) - Date of joining EU: 1986
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Area: 45 227 km2 - Population: 1.34 million - Capital: Tallinn
Official language: Estonian - Date of joining EU: 2004
Area: 338 145 km² - Population: 5.2 million - Capital: Helsinki
Official languages: Finnish and Swedish - Date of joining EU: 1995
Area: 131 957 km2 - Population: 10.66 million - Capital: Athens
Official language: Modern Greek - Date of joining the EU: 1981
Area: 93 032 km² - Population: 10 million - Capital: Budapest
Official language: Hungarian - Date of joining the EU: 2004
Area: 70 273 km² - Population: 5.7 million- Capital: Dublin
Official languages: English and Irish (Gaelic) - Date of joining the EU: 1973
Area: 301 308 km2 - Population: 58.9 million - Capital: Rome
Official language: Italian - Date of joining EU: a founding member in 1957
Area: 64 600 km² - Population: 2.27 million- Capital: Riga
Official language: Latvian - Date of joining the EU: 2004
Area: 65 300 km2 - Population: 3.4 million - Capital: Vilnius
Official language: Lithuanian - Date of joining the EU: 2004
Area: 315 km² - Population: 0.4 million - Capital: La Valette
Official languages: Maltese and English - Date of joining the EU: 2004
Area: 41 864 km² - Population: 16.4 million - Capital: Amsterdam – Seat of government: The Hague
Official Language: Dutch - Date of joining the EU: founding member in 1957
Area: 312 683 km² - Population: 38.19 million - Capital: Warsaw
Official Language: Polish - Date of joining the EU: 2004
Area: 92 072 km² - Population: 10.8 million - Capital: Lisbon
Official Language: Portuguese - Date of joining the EU: 1986
Area: 70 870 km² - Population: 10.3 million - Capital: Prague
Official Language: Czech - Date of joining the EU: 2004
Area : 237 500 km² - Population: 21.7 million - Capital: Bucharest
Official Language: Romanian - Date of joining the EU: 2007
Area: 244 101 km2 - Population: 60.2 million - Capital: London
Official Language: English - Date of joining the EU: 1973
Area: 49 035 km² - Population: 5 million - Capital: Bratislava
Official Language: Slovak - Date of joining the EU: 2004
Area: 20 273 km² - Population: 2 million - Capital: Ljubljana
Official Language: Slovene - Date of joining the EU: 2004
Area: 450 000 km² - Population: 9.1 million - Capital: Stockholm
Official Language: Swedish - Date of joining the EU: 1995